Ōsawa Station (Yamagata)

Location
	Ōsawa Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Ōsawa Station Ōsawa Station (Japan)

Ōsawa Station

大沢駅
Ōsawa Station; 大沢駅
	Ōsawa Station, October 2007
General information
Location	Ōsawa , Yonezawa, Yamagata-ken 992–1303; Japan
Coordinates	37°50′14″N 140°12′01″E / 37.837111°N 140.200389°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōu Main Line
Distance	28.8 km from Fukushima
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 May 1899
Services
Location
Location
	Ōsawa Station Location within Yamagata Prefecture Ōsawa Station Ōsawa Station (Japan)

Ōsawa Station (大沢駅, Ōsawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōsawa Station is served by the Ōu Main Line, and is located 28.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukushima Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected via a level crossing. The station is located within a snow shelter, due to the very heavy snowfall in the region in winter. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Entrance side	■ Ōu Main Line	for Fukushima
Opposite side	■ Ōu Main Line	for Yonezawa

History

Ōsawa Station began as a signal stop on 15 May 1899 and was elevated to a full passenger station on 25 December 1906.^[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Future plans

The station will be bypassed by all trains between 10 January 2023 and 26 March 2023 owing to extremely low ridership.^[2] By 2005, daily ridership had fallen to an average of two users per day.^[3]

Surrounding area

Kasamatsu Onsen^[ja]

References

^ 各駅情報（大沢駅） [Station Information: Ōsawa Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "JR東日本、奥羽本線板谷駅・大沢駅で冬期に全列車通過 - 1/10から" [All trains pass through Itaya Station and Osawa Station on the Ou Main Line during winter - from 1/10 to 3/26]. MyNavi News. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "『山形県の鉄道輸送』平成26年度版 - 山形県" [Railway Transportation in Yamagata Prefecture" 2014 Edition-Yamagata Prefecture] (PDF). Fukushima Prefectural Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2019.

External links

Media related to Ōsawa Station (Yamagata) at Wikimedia Commons

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[jreast-1] 各駅情報（大沢駅） [Station Information: Ōsawa Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[2] "JR東日本、奥羽本線板谷駅・大沢駅で冬期に全列車通過 - 1/10から" [All trains pass through Itaya Station and Osawa Station on the Ou Main Line during winter - from 1/10 to 3/26]. MyNavi News. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[3] "『山形県の鉄道輸送』平成26年度版 - 山形県" [Railway Transportation in Yamagata Prefecture" 2014 Edition-Yamagata Prefecture] (PDF). Fukushima Prefectural Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2019.

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